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When fear about health hurts performance: COVID-19 and its impact on employee’s work
This study utilized terror management and conservation of resources theory to fulfill its aim of investigating the effects of fear of contamination of COVID-19 on performance of employees in the banking sector...
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Exogenous application of strigolactone alleviates drought stress in maize seedlings by regulating the physiological and antioxidants defense mechanisms
Drought stress is an alarming threat to food security in the climate change scenario. This study was conducted to evaluate the potential of strigolactone for drought tolerance in maize seedlings. The treatment...
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Investigating the role of export product diversification for renewable, and non-renewable energy consumption in GCC (gulf cooperation council) countries: does the Kuznets hypothesis exist?
This study explores the effects of renewable and nonrenewable energy demand on export product diversification, economic growth, natural resources, human capital, and trade in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) cou...
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Asymmetric and time-varying linkages between carbon emissions, globalization, natural resources and financial development in China
In the real world, economic covariates follow asymmetric and time-varying patterns. Therefore, it is imperative to integrate these effects while estimating environmental and economic relationships. Although pr...
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Quality assessment of 3D synthesized images based on structural and textural distortion
Depth image based rendering (DIBR) is a popular technique for rendering virtual 3D views in stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays. The quality of DIBR-synthesized images may decrease due to various factor...
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Environmental quality, climate indicators, and COVID-19 pandemic: insights from top 10 most affected states of the USA
In the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are working with health professionals to inform governments on how to formulate health strategies. In this study, we examine the correlation between...
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Open AccessFollow-up of COVID-19 recovered patients with mild disease
COVID-19 may manifest as mild, moderate or severe disease with each grade of severity having its own features and post-viral implications. With the rising burden of the pandemic, it is vital to identify not on...
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A study of bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern found in drinking water at district Mansehra, Pakistan
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Citrus sinensis a potential solution against superbugs
The rate of drug resistance strains increased drastically over the past several decades, which forced researchers to develop new drugs to treat these pathogens. In the present study by the use of well diffusio...
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Automatic detection of Plasmodium parasites from microscopic blood images
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasite. It is transmitted by female Anopheles bite. Thick and thin blood smears of the patient are manually examined by an expert pathologist with the help of a microscope to dia...
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Decomposition analysis of energy-related CO2 emission in the industrial sector of China: Evidence from the LMDI approach
Energy consumption and increasing CO2 emissions in China are mainly indorsed to the industrial sector. The objective of this study was to explore the main factors driving CO2 emissions in China’s industry through...
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Oil demand forecasting for China: a fresh evidence from structural time series analysis
The main objective of this study is to investigate the linkages between oil price, oil reserve, economic growth and oil consumption to forecast future oil demand in China. A structural time series technique is...
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The effect of ICT on CO2 emissions in emerging economies: does the level of income matters?
In the modern era of globalization, the rapid increase in information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) contributes in various sectors of an economy; however, the environmental consequences of ICTs can...